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WAR IN EUR OPE.

.. . <9— ON THE WESTERN FRONT. MOUNTAINS OF SHELLS. PARIS, March 12 A German artillery officer who w. t«kcn prisoner, states that *.h" «*",", brought into the ■- ' " ■•..■.•■..-" ': • ,: heaw guns, ■■•;■.. ■- - : '.- ; ■,- a solid :-••■•■■•■:■.■■■ ■;.■'.•■■ .- :: • :,:&:i B WUJ ■'■■"."v , .v.. ..•:■' : .-' ■ -..:.n )ine«. They ':■ -~■'. :-:.■:■■::.;■■■...:.-. of ohclls and the OxCitu" wad to lire unceasingly untill the gunners were exhausted; but the French artillery rained shells on the German batteries and forced them to disperse. The Gwman supplies bbcame dis(MTjairised and their infantry met resistance, the desperate character of which astonished the German commanders. Thus the whole initial.plan was upset and tie Gentians were forced to reg®rt to isolated attacks.

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